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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President,. THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor, .JOHN CRAIG 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nur¬ 
sery Stock of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United 
States, Canada and Europe. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 . 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance,.$1.00 
Six months. .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance,. 1.50 
Six months. 1.00 
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ments should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous 
to the date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. 
Drafts on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are re¬ 
quested by the Business Manager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nur¬ 
serymen and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Djffice at Rochester , as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., September, 1908. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President—Charles J. Brown, president of Brown Bros. Co., 
Rochester; vice-president, C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.; secre¬ 
tary, Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N.Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Forestry—J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la. 
Transportation—F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kansas. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation—Win. Pitkin, Rochester. N. Y. 
Co-operation with Entomologists—Hon. Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
Program—Jas. M. Pitkin, Newark, N Y. 
Publicity—T. M. Irvine, St. Toseoh. Mo. 
Exhibits—Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. 
Arrangements—Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Editing Report—Geo. C. Seager, Rochester. N. Y. 
Entertainment—Wm. Pitkin. Rochester, N. Y 
National Council of Horticulture—Chas. J. Maloy. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, R. C. Berckmans, 
Augusta, Ga.; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. Meets annually 
in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in 
June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen—President, J. A. Lopeman, Enid, Okla. Terr.; 
secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Okla. Terr. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen—-President—E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary, 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association—President, John S. Barnes, Yaleville; 
secretary, Frank E. Conine, Stratford. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—-President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in 
January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—President, Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association—President, N. H. Albaugh, Phoneton, 
O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in Tune. 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio—President, J. W. McNary, Dayton, O.; 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen—President, W. D. Ingalls, North Yakima, 
Wash.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, W. H. Moon, Morrisville, Pa.; 
secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holy Springs, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President, Charles T. Smith, Concord, Ga.; 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President, J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President—E. W. Knox, San Antonio, Texas - 
secretary-treasurer, Tohn S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, E. P. Bemardin, Parson, Kas.; 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and' 
December at Kansas City. 
West Virginia Nurserymen’s Association—President, W. A. Gold, Mason City; 
secretary, R. R, Harris, Harrisville, W. Va. 
There are two seasons of the year when 
THE FOLIAGE the colors and tints of foliage typical of 
CHARACTERIS- different varieties of plants stand out 
TICS OF PLANTS, clearly and with peculiar distinctness. 
These seasons are early spring when the 
leaves are unfolding, and the autumn, when nature is pre¬ 
paring the deciduous tree to drop its leaves. In the infant 
stage, the delicate tints characteristic of the different 
varieties are clearly separable. Towards midsummer these 
tints tend to merge into each other in the sombre greens of 
the dog days. But again on the approach of the poet’s 
“melancholy days,’’ we have the re-appearance of sharp 
differences in shades between the different varieties, each 
being peculiarly characteristic. This, then, is a good time 
of the year for the nurseryman to examine his blocks of 
fruits with care, with a view of detecting “rogues,” and 
separating these from the others. The eye of the nursery¬ 
man becomes trained to catch these small differences which 
pass unnoticed for the casual observer. The careful 
examination of stock in early autumn before the digging 
season begins is a practice in vogue by many nurserymen, 
and one which could be instituted by most with excellent 
results. 
If the storage cellar has not been thor- 
FUNGI oughly cleaned and sterilized it should be 
CELLARS. done now before the admission of fresh 
nursery stock. The successful exclusion 
of fungi is one of the problems associated with cellar 
storage. All fungi and low forms of parasitic life are re¬ 
stricted by good sanitary measures. The walls of the cellar 
should be cleaned and swept as well as the floors, and a good 
plan is to follow this by an application of a 2% solution of 
kerosene sublimate, or a 5% solution of copper sulphate, 
sprinkled over the walls by means of a force pump. Lime 
is not an active sterilizing agent, but is unquestionably a 
preventive of fungous growth, and it may be employed 
where there are special reasons against the use of the active 
poisons just mentioned. It is much better to use the cor¬ 
rosive sublimate or blue stone solution before the stock is 
brought in than to be obliged to use it afterwards; for 
there is always some danger of injuring imperfectly ripened 
wood by application of these strong solutions. In the 
case of the graft storage cellar where the graft-box fungus 
made its appearance last year all the boxes should be ster¬ 
ilized by using the corrosive sublimate or copper sulphate 
wash, or by whitewashing thoroughly. Soil which may be 
infested with the germs of this disease should be taken out 
and replaced with fresh clean sand. As a rule the graft-box 
fungus flourishes more freely where soil rich in humus and 
decaying matter is used. 
FORESTRY AS A BUSINESS. 
Gifford Pinchot, Chief Forester for the United States 
has written an entertaining and valuable article in the June 
number of the Circle Magazine on “The Business of Being a 
Forester.” He emphasizes the fact that forestry is “a new 
occupation for men who are willing to work hard.” In 
another place he speaks of forestry as the “newest pro¬ 
fession in the United States.” 
